Floating decoration

ABSTRACT

A floating decoration includes a floating board, a decoration, and a container. The decoration is detachably assembled on a top of the floating board and composed of a plurality of panels made of plastic or foam materials. The container is detachably connected to a bottom of the floating board and is provided for containing a certain weight to prevent the floating board and the decoration from overturn while floating.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates generally to a decoration, which floats above the water.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In some occasions around water, such as swimming pools, seashores and the like, decorations for the particular events or festivals are generally put on the ground, hung on the trees or the nearby objects to create a happy, meaningful and cheerful atmosphere for the events or festivals. Taking poolside parties for example, the decorations such as ribbons and balloons are generally placed around the pools and the nearby objects around the pools but in the pools. Therefore, the pools without decorations within are wasted.

In addition, some inflatable objects are provided for floating above the water in the pools but they generally are provided for having fun in the pools and in regular shapes. Therefore, for creating a varied atmosphere to the particular events or festivals and for efficiently using inside spaces of the pools to increase the decoration areas, decorations for floating above the water are in great demand.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a floating decoration for decorating swimming pools, seashore and the like. The floating decoration of the present invention is not only easy to make and to assemble, but also saves spaces in delivery and storage.

More particularly, the floating decoration includes a floating board, a decoration, and a container. The decoration is detachably assembled on a top of the floating board and composed of a plurality of panels made of plastic or foam materials. The container is detachably connected to a bottom of the floating board and is provided for containing a certain weight to prevent the floating board and the decoration from overturn while floating.

In addition, the floating board and the panels are preferred made of foam boards, which have particular colored and patterned plastic films. Therefore, the decoration and the floating board are easy to make and to assemble, also floating well above the water. Moreover, the floating board and the panels are flat before assembling so that they do not occupy spaces during delivery and storage.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The invention will be more clearly understood after referring to the following detailed description read in conjunction with the drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 shows the first embodiment of the present invention floating above the water;

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention floating above the water; and

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged cross sectional view of a foam material of the present invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention comprises a floating board 1, a decoration 2, and a container 3. The decoration 2 is detachably assembled on a top of the floating board 1 and the container 3 is hung and detachably connected to a bottom of the floating board 1. The container 3 in the present invention could be any materials pervious to water, such as bags with meshes/holes, plastic bottles or cans with holes.

In addition, the decoration 2 of the first embodiment is composed of a plurality of panels, which are detachable. As shown in FIG. 2, the decoration 2 is composed of two panels 21, 22 which have slots 211, 221 respectively extending straight inwardly from the edges of the panels 21, 22. The slots 211, 221 are provided for inserting into each other and assembling the panels 21, 22 in one. Moreover, the exact numbers of the panel and the slots generally depend on the needs for the decoration 2. In addition, the floating board 1 further comprises a hole 11 provided for jointing and assembling with the decoration 2. In the first embodiment, the hole 11 is a cross hole for jointing with the assembled panels 21, 22.

FIG. 3 shows the first embodiment floating above the water and a bottom of the decoration 2 is projecting from the bottom of the floating board 1. Moreover, the container 3 is tied to the bottom of the decoration 2 by a rope 30. The most important is that the container 3 is contained with a certain weight so that the floating board 1 and the decoration 2 could have a great balance to prevent from overturn while floating. In other words, according to the present invention, the floating decoration is safely floating above the water via the container 3.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment has the same structure as the first embodiment, such as the floating board 1 and the decoration 2 but the container 3. The second embodiment has a container 3 a with holes and the container 3 a is detachably attached to the bottom of the floating board 1. In addition, the container 3 a is contained with a certain weight for preventing the floating board 1 and the decoration 2 from overturn.

According to the first and the second embodiments, it is clearly understood that the present invention comprises the floating board 1 and the panels 21, 22. Furthermore, the floating board 1 and the panels 21, 22 are flat before assembling so that the present invention saves spaces in delivery and storage. Moreover, putting the weights into the containers is performed by users, so the present invention is light in weight during delivery.

FIG. 5 shows a board material provided for forming the floating board 1 and the panels 21, 22. The board material comprises a foam board 4, a top foam skin 41, a bottom foam skin 42, a top plastic film 5 and a bottom plastic film 6. The top foam skin 41 has a surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board 4 and the bottom foam skin 42 has a surface laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board 4. Both top foam skin 41 and bottom foam skin 42 are thinner than the foam board 4 and have greater densities than of the foam board 4.

The top plastic film 5 is laminated to the other surface of the top foam skin 41 and the bottom plastic film 6 is laminated to the other surface of the bottom foam skin 42. Both top plastic film 5 and bottom plastic film 6 have colors or patterns formed within. A preferred method for making patterns formed within the top plastic film 5 or the bottom plastic film 6 is described as below. First, print the patterns on a surface of a plastic film and then coat a melting plastic material to the surface of the plastic film for covering the patterns. Therefore, the patterns are sandwiched between the plastic film and the plastic material and the patterns are visible from outside of both plastic film and the plastic material.

Furthermore, the top plastic film 5 and the bottom plastic film 6 could also respectively be laminated to the top and the bottom surfaces of the foam board 4. The bottom foam skin 42 and the bottom plastic film 6 could be omitted because the bottom surface of the foam board 4 is immersed in the water. Therefore, the compositions of the foam board 4, the top foam skin 41, the bottom foam skin 42, the top plastic film the and a bottom plastic film 6 can be various, according to applications of the present invention.

In practice, the decoration of the floating decoration could be assembled as a Christmas tree shown in FIG. 1 in winters. Furthermore, the shape of the decoration could be assembled as houses, animals, or other figures corresponding to the seasons, occasions and festivals. Therefore, the present invention has advantages of easy t assemble, lightweight for carry and delivery, also saving spaces for storage. More particularly, the present invention provides varied shapes for creating various atmospheres to the particular events and efficiently uses the inside spaces of the pools or the seashores to increase the decoration areas.

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment(s) as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the invention. 

1. A floating decoration comprising: a floating board; a decoration detachably assembled on a top of the floating board, wherein the decoration is composed of a plurality of panels; and a container detachably connected to a bottom of the floating board and provided for containing weights.
 2. The floating decoration of claim 1, wherein the container has a plurality of holes.
 3. The floating decoration of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a bag.
 4. The floating decoration of claim 3, wherein the bag has a plurality of holes.
 5. The floating decoration of claim 1, wherein the decoration has a bottom projecting from the bottom of the floating board and the container comprises a rope and a bag, the rope having an end tied to the bottom of the decoration and the other end tied to the bag.
 6. The floating decoration of claim 1, wherein the floating board comprises: a foam board; and a plastic film laminated to a top surface of the foam board and the plastic film having patterns therein.
 7. The floating decoration of claim 5, wherein the floating board comprises: a foam board; and a plastic film laminated to a top surface of the foam board and the plastic film having patterns therein.
 8. The floating decoration of claim 1, wherein the floating board comprises: a foam board; a foam skin having a top surface and a bottom surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board, the foam skin being thinner and having a greater density than the foam board; and a plastic film laminated to the top surface of the foam skin, wherein the plastic film has patterns therein.
 9. The floating decoration of claim 5, wherein the floating board comprises: a foam board; a foam skin having a top surface and a bottom surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board, the foam skin being thinner and having a greater density than the foam board; and a plastic film laminated to the top surface of the foam skin, wherein the plastic film has patterns therein.
 10. The floating decoration of claim 1, wherein each panel has a slot extending straight inwardly from an edge of the panel and the slot of the panel is provided for inserting into another slot of the panel.
 11. The floating decoration of claim 5, wherein each panel has a slot extending straight inwardly from an edge of the panel and the slot of the panel is provided for inserting into another slot of the panel.
 12. The floating decoration of claim 6, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top plastic film laminated to a top surface of the foam board; and a bottom plastic film laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board, wherein the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film have patterns therein respectively.
 13. The floating decoration of claim 7, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top plastic film laminated to a top surface of the foam board; and a bottom plastic film laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board, wherein the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film have patterns therein respectively.
 14. The floating decoration of claim 8, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top plastic film laminated to a top surface of the foam board; and a bottom plastic film laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board, wherein the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film have patterns therein respectively.
 15. The floating decoration of claim 9, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top plastic film laminated to a top surface of the foam board; and a bottom plastic film laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board, wherein the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film have patterns therein respectively.
 16. The floating decoration of claim 6, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top foam skin having a top surface and a bottom surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board; a top plastic film laminated to the top surface of the top foam skin; a bottom foam skin having a bottom surface and a top surface laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board; a bottom plastic film laminated to the bottom surface of the bottom foam skin, wherein the top foam skin and the bottom foam skin are thinner and have greater densities than the foam board, the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film having patterns therein respectively.
 17. The floating decoration of claim 7, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top form skin having a top surface and a bottom surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board; a top plastic film laminated to the top surface of the top foam skin; a bottom foam skin having a bottom surface and a top surface laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board; a bottom plastic film laminated to the bottom surface of the bottom foam skin, wherein the top foam skin and the bottom foam skin are thinner and have greater densities than the foam board, the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film having patterns therein respectively.
 18. The floating decoration of claim 8, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top foam skin having a top surface and a bottom surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board; a top plastic film laminated to the top surface of the top foam skin; a bottom foam skin having a bottom surface and a top surface laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board; a bottom plastic film laminated to the bottom surface of the bottom foam skin, wherein the top foam skin and the bottom foam skin are thinner and have greater densities than the foam board, the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film having patterns therein respectively.
 19. The floating decoration of claim 9, wherein each panel comprises: a foam board; a top foam skin having a top surface and a bottom surface laminated to a top surface of the foam board; a top plastic film laminated to the top surface of the top foam skin; a bottom foam skin having a bottom surface and a top surface laminated to a bottom surface of the foam board; a bottom plastic film laminated to the bottom surface of the bottom foam skin, wherein the top foam skin and the bottom foam skin are thinner and have greater densities than the foam board, the top plastic film and the bottom plastic film having patterns therein respectively. 